90 FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



Products of the Fisheries of Virginia in 1904. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh . 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Bonito 



Butterfish 



Carp, German. . 



Catfish 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad . . . 

 Hickory shad. .. 



Hogfish 



Kingfish 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow. . . 



Pike 



Pompano 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Lbs. 



,309,226 

 294,640 

 153, 600 

 566, 765 



14, 460 

 ,335,391 

 141,625 

 556,325 

 270, 125 

 ,842,709 

 192, 495 



86, 350 

 248, 640 



32, 675 

 355,883 



44, 895 

 118,390 

 ,918,766 

 239,000 

 635, 017 

 180, 550 



36, 400 



47,840 



49, 260 

 1,000 



Value. 



$87,083 

 3,650 



13, 192 



27,362 

 505 



36, 616 

 4,466 



21,920 

 7,409 



69,324 

 2,519 

 4,007 

 7,587 

 6>53 

 7,296 

 4,451 

 6,243 

 515, 413 

 7,208 



29, 501 

 6,693 

 2,954 

 3,400 

 1,545 

 44 



Species. 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar and sturgeon 



eggs 



Suckers 



Sunfisb 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Frogs 



Clams, hard 



Market oysters, natural 



rock 



Market oysters, private 



beds 



Seed oysters, natural rock. 



Total 



7,419,899 

 20, 745 

 357,000 

 872, 800 



6,951,068 

 451,366 

 180, 675 



23,211 



52, 645 



24, 800 



a 10,356,052 



''1,910,654 



1,706 



72,335 



3,220 



c 1,659, 572 



119,054,336 



« 20, 988, 954 

 713,242,733 



355,315,798 



Value. 



$439, 625 

 904 

 39,390 

 37,769 

 164,979 

 41. 803 

 15, 134 



16, 848 



1,060 



514 



179,575 



92,909 



320 



1,144 



690 



220,973 



1,300,549 



1,708,456 

 450, 671 



5, 584, 354 



a Number, 31,068,156. 

 b Number, 5,731,962. 



<• Bushels, 207,446. 

 d Bushels, 2,722,048. 



« Bushels, 2,998,422. 

 /Bushels, 1,891,819. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Thirty-two counties in Virginia were engaged in the commercial 

 fisheries in 1904, but the three of special importance are Accomac, 

 Northumberland, and Elizabeth City. 



The products of Accomac County were valued at $1,068,005, of 

 which $702,890 represents the oyster fishery, $142,501 the clam 

 fishery, $72,697 the menhaden fishery, and $72,397 the soft crab 

 fishery. 



In Northumberland County the catch amounted to 127,722,641 

 pounds, valued at $541,259. This was more in quantity than the 

 yield in any other county in the state. The most important species 

 taken were menhaden, 118,868,000 pounds, valued at $260,262; and 

 shad, 1,676,850 pounds, valued at $108,300. 



Elizabeth City County ranks third in the importance of its fisheries, 

 the value of the products amounting to $480,738. More than half 

 this was derived from the oyster fisheries. 



